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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (8 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (8 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: It would be very useful for the officials to do as proposed. There are considerable delays and they are having a damaging impact, particularly on older people. They are accustomed to going to a centre to renew their licences but many of the centres have closed, having already reopened. Applicants are being asked to travel many miles, even outside their counties, to obtain a renewal. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (8 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: I thank all our witnesses for attending today and engaging with the committee members. We will now adjourn. The next meeting of the joint committee will be on Wednesday, 14 October 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide Shannon Airport access to airport capital expenditure funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans for the provision of a public bus service in Ennis, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30505/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the duration of all planning permissions, including cases in which the applicant has already benefited from an extension of time will be extended in view of the delays caused to construction projects by the Covid-19 pandemic; if this extension will be for a duration of at least 12 months; and if he will make a statement...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: Does it include the LEADER programme? Yes. Clearly, the next Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, will not come into place until 2023 so in the interim we need certainty and clarity. The programme for Government contains a commitment to deliver a national rural development plan to bridge the gap to 2023 but we need to know on what basis the LEADER programme will be delivered during the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: The Minister will recall I asked about the Clare Local Development Company. It came eleventh when it should have come tenth. Those fortunate companies that came in the first ten received an allocation of €500,000 each. Will the Minister be in a position to give further finances to the Clare Local Development Company?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: The rural regeneration and development fund, RRDF, has been a wonderful initiative with significant work done through it across the country. It gives communities a chance to get the big money they need to turn a derelict building, say, into an opportunity. We saw that in Ennistymon with the development of a digital hub there. Several business are operating out of a facility that was lying...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: Following the pilot for the six towns, will a specific scheme be introduced to bring old buildings back into use? I agree it is cross-departmental, involving the Departments of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Housing, Planning and Local Government, and Rural and Community Development. Will the Minister’s new Department lead that and introduce a specific scheme to bring those...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: I also welcome the additional money for the LIS but agree with the Chairman that there is a massive backlog, including in County Clare. I ask the Minister to ensure that the allocations are made in the early part of the year, in spring. Sometimes they are left to the end and it creates a difficulty. The previous committee, which I chaired, looked at this issue and recommended that the then...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: The community services programme is essential. It was capped and one does not hear of any new programmes being announced. Has the Minister of State any view on that? Would he consider expanding the programme? Work was done on it last year but I want to get the Minister of State's view on it. More communities could benefit from it through social enterprise. We have a wonderful example in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: I thank our witnesses for their presentation and engagement with the committee. One of the flaws in the task force's report was that it did not examine the imbalance in our national aviation policy. A dominant Dublin Airport accounts for 86% of all passengers in Ireland. In a post-Covid-19 era, surely we should move away from congestion, giving other airports an opportunity and reinforcing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: Perhaps we could look at practices at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: Today's news from Ryanair that it intends to close its bases at Shannon and Cork is deeply disappointing. It is a huge blow for workers, for the airports themselves and for the mid-west and southern regions. It is a massive blow for business and for tourism connectivity. The Government has signed up to the EU traffic light system for a safe return to air travel but we must now formally...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: Our airports are economic drivers. Shannon Airport sustains 46,000 jobs, directly and indirectly. It is more than just an airport. We need to rebuild confidence in air travel, as we are doing by signing up to the EU traffic light system. We need to implement that system in full. I want to hear what the Minister has to say about introducing a testing system at Shannon Airport and our...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Remote Working (15 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 45. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to develop remote working opportunities further and improve the facilities and conditions to encourage remote working especially in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25945/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 815. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress in relation to the provision of wastewater infrastructure for unsewered villages using the rural regeneration and development fund of the national development plan in conjunction with Irish Water (details supplied); the Departments and State agencies that will be involved in the delivery of this proposed new scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 19. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if an anomaly in the restart grant and restart plus grant will be rectified in which group self-catering businesses are not eligible for same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a number of homes in County Clare which have been adversely impacted by defective building blocks; if he will make the necessary arrangements to extend the defective concrete block grant scheme to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32035/20]